Monsignor Farrell opens the CHSAA playoffs Friday afternoon against Iona Prep at the College of Staten Island at 4:30 p.m. The seventh-seeded Lions are playing the 10th-seeded Gaels in a best-of-three series with the winner advancing to the eight-team, double-elimination CHSAA Intersectional tournament that begins next Wednesday.

Last season the Lions advanced to the championship round of the Intersectionals before falling to champion St. Raymond. This year Farrell finished second on Staten Island with an 11-5 record.

Farrell lefty Tom Cosgrove is bound for Manhattan College next year and he is expected to get the Game 1 start Friday afternoon. We'll be live from CSI with updates throughout the game right here on SILive.com. Check back all afternoon and check in with your comments and questions. You can also follow reporter Tom Dowd on Twitter @TomDowd22 to keep up with the action.